Joey BadA$$ - B4.Da.$$ Review

B4.Da.$$

Brooklyn native Joey BadA$$ celebrated his 20th birthday with the release of his debut album B4.Da.$$ on January 20, 2015. The highly anticipated independent artist meets all expectations with the album, expressing his upbringing and societal value of the dollar bill. Joey has definitely brought back that legendary New York sound in songs like "Hazeus View" and the single "Christ Conscious." Audiences have given mixed reviews, some saying he has "sold out," while others are calling the album a classic. I understand both views, being that Joey is known to have classic lyricism like in his classic mixtape 1999. B4.Da.$$ doesn't show his true lyricism, however the album is a great album, proving that Joey can develop music far beyond just bars. I would not say Joey has "sold out." Good job Joey hell of a way to bring the New Year in!

#B4DAMONEY is available now! iTunes: http://po.st/b4damoney   Amazon: http://amzn.to/17bOJo9 

Track list

1. "Save the Children"   Statik Selektah 3:35 2. "Greenbax" (Introlude) Lee Bannon 0:48 3. "Paper Trail$"   DJ Premier 3:17 4. "Piece of Mind"   Freddie Joachim 3:38 5. "Big Dusty"   Kirk Knight 4:53 6. "Hazeus View"   Kirk Knight 3:39 7. "Like Me" (featuring BJ the Chicago Kid) J Dilla, The Roots 4:28 8. "Belly of the Beast" (featuring Chronixx) Hit-Boy 3:56 9. "No. 99"   Statik Selektah 2:46 10. "Christ Conscious"   Basquiat 2:53 11. "On & On" (featuring Maverick Sabre and Dyemond Lewis) Freddie Joachim 4:40 12. "Escape 120" (featuring Raury) Chuck Strangers 3:47 13. "Black Beetles"   Chuck Strangers 3:50 14. "O.C.B."   Samiyam, The Soul Rebels 3:43 15. "Curry Chicken"   Statik Selektah 3:33

Old Jay Z Demo Tape Surface

Uncovered Classics

As you all should know by now, I am a Hov fan, so hearing that an old tape surface created much joy in my heart. Although the surface of this demo may be another marketing technique from Hov in order to solidify the Hov era another decade. The lyrical content and flow in the demo creates this masterpiece. The production inside the tape is lacking, but he gets a pass being that this is prior to the Yeezus era. Audiences have voted to make this a reasonable doubt 2! Well done Hov. 

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Golden Globe Winners

2015 Golden Globe Winners List 

MOTION PICTURES

Best Drama

• WINNER: "Boyhood"
• "Foxcatcher"
• "The Imitation Game"
• "Selma"
• "The Theory of Everything"

Best Comedy

• "Birdman"
• WINNER: "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
• "Into the Woods"
• "Pride"
• "St. Vincent"

Best Director

• Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
• Ava Duvernay, "Selma"
• David Fincher, "Gone Girl"
• Alejandro González Iñárritu, "Birdman"
• WINNER: Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"

Best Actress in a Drama

• Jennifer Aniston, "Cake"
• Felicity Jones, "The Theory of Everything"
• WINNER: Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"
• Rosamund Pike, "Gone Girl"
• Reese Witherspoon, "Wild"

Best Actor in a Drama

• Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher"
• Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"
• Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nightcrawler"
• David Oyelowo, "Selma"
• WINNER: Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"

Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy

• Ralph Fiennes, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
• WINNER: Michael Keaton, "Birdman"
• Bill Murray, "St. Vincent"
• Joaquin Phoenix, "Inherent Vice"
• Christoph Waltz, "Big Eyes"

Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy

• WINNER: Amy Adams, "Big Eyes"
• Emily Blunt, "Into the Woods"
• Helen Mirren, "The Hundred-Foot Journey"
• Julianne Moore, "Map to the Stars"
• Quvenzhané Wallis, "Annie"

Best Supporting Actress

• WINNER: Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"
• Jessica Chastain, "A Most Violent Year"
• Keira Knightley, "The Imitation Game"
• Emma Stone, "Birdman"
• Meryl Streep, "Into the Woods"

Best Supporting Actor

• Robert Duvall, "The Judge"
• Ethan Hawke, "Boyhood"
• Edward Norton, "Birdman"
• Mark Ruffalo, "Foxcatcher"
• WINNER: J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"

Best Screenplay

• Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
• Gillian Flynn, "Gone Girl"
• WINNER: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, and Armando Bo, "Birdman"
• Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
• Graham Moore, "The Imitation Game"

Best Foreign Language Film

• "Force Majeure Turist," Sweden
• "Gett: The Trial of Viviane Ansalem Gett," Israel
• "Ida," Poland/Denmark
• WINNER: "Leviathan," Russia
• "Tangerines Mandariinid," Estonia

Best Animated Feature

• "Big Hero 6"
• "The Book of Life"
• "The Boxtrolls"
• WINNER: "How to Train Your Dragon 2"
• "The Lego Movie"

Best Original Song

• "Big Eyes" from "Big Eyes" music and lyrics by Lana Del Rey
• WINNER: "Glory" from "Selma," Music and lyrics by John Legend and Common
• "Mercy Is" from "Noah," Music and lyrics by Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye
• "Opportunity" from "Annie," Music and lyrics by Greg Kurstin, Sia Furler, Will Gluck
• "Yellow Flicker Beat" from "The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1," Music and lyrics by Lorde

Best Score

• "The Imitation Game"
• WINNER: "The Theory of Everything"
• "Gone Girl"
• "Birdman"
• "Interstellar"

TELEVISION

Best TV Comedy or Musical

• "Girls"
• "Jane the Virgin"
• "Orange Is the New Black"
• "Silicon Valley"
• WINNER: "Transparent"

Best TV Drama

• WINNER: "The Affair"
• "Downton Abbey"
• "Game of Thrones"
• "The Good Wife"
• "House of Cards"

Best Actress in a TV Drama

• Claire Danes, "Homeland"
• Viola Davis, "How to Get Away with Murder"
• Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"
• WINNER: Ruth Wilson, "The Affair"
• Robin Wright, "House of Cards"

Best Actor in a TV Drama

• Clive Owen, "The Knick"
• Liev Schreiber, "Ray Donovan"
• WINNER: Kevin Spacey, "House of Cards"
• James Spader, "The Blacklist"
• Dominic West, "The Affair"
Best Actress in a TV Comedy
• Lena Dunham, "Girls"
• Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie"
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep"
• WINNER: Gina Rodriguez, "Jane the Virgin"
• Taylor Schilling, "Orange Is the New Black"
Best Actor in a TV Comedy
• Louis CK, "Louie"
• Don Cheadle, "House of Lies"
• Ricky Gervais, "Derek"
• William H. Macy, "Shameless"
• WINNER: Jeffrey Tambor, "Transparent"
Best Miniseries or TV Movie
• WINNER: "Fargo"
• "The Missing"
• "The Normal Heart"
• "Olive Kitteridge"
• "True Detective"
Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie
• WINNER: Maggie Gyllenhaal, "The Honorable Woman"
• Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show"
• Frances McDormand, "Olive Kitteridge"
• Frances O'Connor, "The Missing"
• Allison Tolman, "Fargo"
Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie
• Martin Freeman, "Fargo"
• Woody Harrelson, "True Detective"
• Matthew McConaughey, "True Detective"
• Mark Ruffalo, "The Normal Heart"
• WINNER: Billy Bob Thornton, "Fargo"
Best Supporting Actress in a TV Show, Miniseries or TV Movie
• Uzo Aduba, "Orange Is the New Black"
• Kathy Bates, "American Horror Story: Freak Show"
• WINNER: Joanne Froggatt, "Downton Abbey"
• Allison Janney, "Mom"
• Michelle Monaghan, "True Detective"
Best Supporting Actor in a TV Show, Miniseries or TV Movie
• WINNER: Matt Bomer, "The Normal Heart"
• Alan Cumming, "The Good Wife"
• Colin Hanks, "Fargo"
• Bill Murray, "Olive Kitteridge"
• Jon Voight, "Ray Donovan"

Empire The New Hip-Hop TV Series

Fox Presents "The Empire"

 

The drama begins as critics are excited to explore this new hip-hop Soap Opera. The show stars Academy Award Nominees Terrence Howard & Tarji P. Henson, as two business partners who built the Empire, a music record label with many stars. Behind the lights and cameras are many problems and obstacles inside of this Empire, which causes major conflicts between the two stars. Director Lee Daniels is behind the scenes, so yeah this is a guaranteed "Hit" we're just waiting on the show to air tonight on Fox (ironically) at 9 pm. Fox often criticized for their political biasness on topics similar to the hip hop culture. The hip hop community is having split responses about the series, artist like Frank Ocean, who also is a character in the show, is excited, while rappers such as 50 Cent criticized the show by saying, "the style of the show is copying his series Power." The point is that everyone is talking about the Empire and hip hoppers like me are eager to see the outcome.       

RIP Stuart Scott

Stuart Scott Legacy

Stuart Scott, a longtime anchor at ESPN, died Sunday morning on January 4, 2015, at the age of 49. He inspired his colleagues with his talent, work ethic, personality and his devotion to his daughters Taelor, 19, and Sydni, 15. His first real ESPN assignments were for "SportsSmash," a short sportscast twice an hour on ESPN2's "SportsNight" program. When Keith Olbermann graduated from "SportsNight" to ESPN's "SportsCenter," Stuart took his place in the anchor chair. "He was like a ball of fire walking in the door," says ESPN senior vice president Mark Gross, a coordinating producer at the time. "I had never met anybody like Stuart Scott."ESPN will miss one of the most memorable sports anchor